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next WSKO COURSE sunday febuary 26th tonyrefeil sports center 10 - 11 am
all brown belts will need to attend this course to be eligable to grade
all WSKO course dates for 2012 are on the events calandar

next tournaments ;
26th febuary , uk open dudley west midlands , entrance fee £15 per cat
closing date for this sat 11th of feb
4th march , childrens open tournament , penrith cumbria entrance fee £12
closing date for this sat 19th of feb 
we intend to enter teams at these comps for more info ask at your club 

next gradings ;
samurai ( under 8s ) feb 11th + april 1st , st pauls hall
disability  april 1st
main club april 1st
wsko dan grading , TBA

 
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               old                                       old                                   present
W.S.K.A2007-2008    V.K.O.2008-2009    W.S.K.O 2010-       
Beginnerwhite    Beginner white    Beginner white 
9th kyu orange    9th kyu yellow    9th kyu orange 
8th kyu red    8th kyu red    8th kyu red 
7th kyu yellow    7th kyu green    7th kyu yellow 
6th kyu green    6th kyu blue    6th kyu green 
5th kyu purple    5th kyu purple    5th kyu purple 
4th kyu purple strip    4th kyu purple stripe    4th kyu purple strip 
3rd kyu brown    3rd kyu brown    3rd kyu brown 
2nd kyu brown 1 strip    2nd kyu brown 1 strip    2nd kyu brown 1 strip 
1st kyu brown 2 strip    1st kyu brown 2 strip    1st kyu brown 2 strip 
1st dan black     1st DAN black    1st dan black 

Belt History
The history of the belt was so the Japanese could dye the belt as they progressed. So the belt was dyed from white through the kyu grades to black and they never got a new belt.

club belt history
when st pats karate club was formed we were a member of the WSKA there belt system is above , in december 2008 the club changed associations to the VGKO there belt system was slightly different , but then in febuary 2010 the club finaly moved to the WSKO which is our present association and there belt sytem is the same as our original belt system , we also have a different belt system for our little samuai club this is aimed to give the students confidence , and to incourage them more while making it easier for them and there familys with the first to belts completly free of charge and also with it being half the price of a normal grading our main grading is just 3 times a year but the samurai gradings are 6 times a year , you can see the sytem below .

LITTLE SAMURAI  4 - 8 YEARS OLD
 white belt 
 orange belt 
 red belt 
 yellow belt 
9th kyu  ORANGE BELT 
 green strip 
 purple strip 
8th kyu RED BELT 
 brown strip 
 black strip
7th kyuGREEN BELT 

when a little samurai passes the 10 step samurai system they then move to 7th kyu green belt , they will recieve a free new karate suit and will be allowed to train with our main class

 
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